Religion in Calabar

Rosalind I. J. Hackett

• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Year: 2013
• ISBN:
  9783110846737
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Religion & Science

The series Religion and Society (RS) contributes to the exploration of religions as social systems– both in Western and non-Western societies; in particular, it examines religions in their differentiation from, and intersection with, other cultural systems, such as art, economy, law and politics. Due attention is given to paradigmatic case or comparative studies that exhibit a clear theoretical orientation with the empirical and historical data of religion and such aspects of religion as ritual, the religious imagination, constructions of tradition, iconography, or media. In addition, the formation of religious communities, their construction of identity, and their relation to society and the wider public are key issues of this series.

Table of contents

• Preface
• Introduction
• Part One: Historical Ethnography
• Chapter One: Old Calabar
• 1.1 Background to Calabar
• 1.2 Traditional religion
• Chapter Two: Missionary Beginnings
• 2.1 Introduction
• 2.2 Early Christian contacts
• 2.3 Early religious pluralization
• 2.4 Roman Catholic Mission
• 2.5 Wesleyan Methodists
• 2.6 Lutheran Church
• 2.7 Qua Iboe Mission
• 2.8 Presbyterian developments
• Chapter Three: Religious Pluralization
• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 The heyday of Calabar: 1910-1929
• 3.3 The witchcraft scare: 1930-39
• 3.4 World War II and its effect on Calabar: 1940-1949
• 3.5 Political independence approaches: 1950-1959
• 3.6 Independence and civil war: 1960-1969
• 3.7 The post-civil war revival: 1970-1974
• 3.8 The “oil boom” churches: 1975-1979
• 3.9 Concluding remarks
• Part Two: Contemporary Religion
• Chapter Four: Non-Indigenous and Institutional Religion
• 4.1 Introduction
• 4.2 From mission to mainline churches - and after
• 4.3 Islam
• 4.4 Exogenous religious institutions
• Chapter Five: Indigenous and Institutional Religion
• 5.1 Introduction
• 5.2 Traditional religion
• 5.3 Spiritual self-determination - the hallmark of the new churches
• 5.4 New trends and developments
• 5.5 Concluding remarks
• Chapter Six: Institutional Distribution
• 6.1 The religious mapping of Calabar
• 6.2 Concluding remarks
• Chapter Seven: Institutional Interaction
• 7.1 Interaction and interdependence
• 7.2 Conferences, councils and chaplaincies
• 7.3 Non-denominational revivals and crusades
• 7.4 The Bible and music as common denominators
• 7.5 Civic interaction
• 7.6 Negotiations and affiliations
• 7.7 Negative interaction
• 7.8 Concluding remarks
• Chapter Eight: Popular Religion
• 8.1 Introduction
• 8.2 The human condition
• 8.3 “Why die in silence?”
• 8.4 Power and protection
• 8.5 Festivals
• 8.6 Freelance evangelism
• 8.7 Music
• 8.8 Spiritual experience
• 8.9 Names and mottoes
• 8.10 A kaleidoscope of religious activity
• Chapter Nine: Religion in the Media
• 9.1 Introduction
• 9.2 Newspaper religion
• 9.3 Television religion
• 9.4 Radio religion
• 9.5 Concluding remarks
• Chapter Ten: Unity in Diversity: Themes and Developments in Calabar Religion
• 10.1 Introduction
• 10.2 Religion as transformative power
• 10.3 Religion as sustaining force
• 10.4 Spiritualization
• 10.5 Institutionalization
• 10.6 Secularization
• 10.7 Privatization
• 10.8 Religious self-determination
• 10.9 Homogenization
• 10.10 Religious conversion and mobility
• Conclusion
• Appendix 1: Methods
• Appendix 2: Chronology
• Appendix 3: Data File on the Religious Institutions of Calabar
• Bibliography
• Primary Sources
• Books and Articles Relating to Calabar
• Comparative and Theoretical Works
• Index